Ground Tales

Delhi’s Okhla, Bhalswa or Ghazipur landfills collectively cover over 200 acres of land and carry 28 million tonnes of legacy waste. The piles of rotting food, clothes, plastic, glass and e-waste all dumped together make a recipe for disaster as these mounds of trash pollute the earth, and our water bodies and generate huge amounts of methane, a greenhouse gas, leading to global warming.  Not just...

India, a sanctuary for nine distinct vulture species, is fervently working to stabilize the numbers of these vital scavengers. As the mortality rate edges past five percent annually, the threat of extinction becomes palpable, making every vulture's demise deeply sorrowful. The 1990s saw a staggering decline where over 90% of the country's vulture population was wiped out. This tragic loss...

Hello and welcome to ground tales. This is your host Shuchita Jha and this is the second part of our Forest Conservation Act series. Last time we discussed the amendments to the FCA and today we will talk about the effects of these new amendments to the Forest Rights Act of 2006, which was made to undo the historical injustice to the indigenous communities in the country by granting them land titl...

Welcome to "Ground Tales" with your host, Shuchita Jha. In this thought-provoking podcast, we dive into one of the most pressing environmental issues of our time—the recent amendments to the Forest Conservation Act 1980. These changes have sparked intense debate and garnered criticism from conservationists nationwide, raising concerns about their potential impact on the very essence of t...

Welcome to the fourth episode of French Tales from Ground Tales. We have with us our new guest, Mr. François Le Cardinal, a French professor, and also an amateur connoisseur of wine and liquor. He will enlighten us today about the different kinds of wine or cider and whiskeys that are found in France along with champagne, which I guess most of you know, and how they are made, what is his favorite?...

Welcome to the third episode of French tales. Today with us we have a very special guest, Mr Laurent Guerin who has a very deep knowledge of the Normandy beach invasions, the lives of the people, and how they turned around with the invasion. He also interviewed and met the Higgins family, who actually supplied the boat to Europe, from America for this special invasion that was held in 1944. H...

Beatrice who is a member of the city council in Caen, France is a die-hard environmentalist. From organising events to educate people about clean energy to turning into a vegetarian, she tries to lead by example. It has been 10 years since she gave up plastic and 25 years since she's taken a plane to do her bit for the environment.

Gambini who “partied” hard in his youth has given up alcohol for the past 25 years. A practicing Buddhist, he now embraces life with the “live and let live” principal, while enchanting the audience with his music.

The Second World War shook the world in a way humanity can never forget. Keeping alive the memory of the martyrs, the Bayeux War Cemetery pays homage to the soldiers who died in the war. The largest cemetery of the commonwealth soldiers lies in a Quaint town of France, Bayeux, away from the hullabaloo of the big cities, so that the departed can rest in peace. The Bayeux Memorial also immortal...

Welcome to the 2nd episode of our new series lockdown tales where we will talk about ways to keep children engaged during lockdown. Let's welcome Dr Geetanjali who is going to tell us about various tips to keep your children engaged at home. We will be back again with another episode of lockdown tales soon. If you like our podcast please hit like share and subscribe buttons. Please do visit our we...

When the whole world is under distress due to Corona pandemic, 22- year- old, Shloka, a resident of Malviya Nagar was concerned about the children especially from underserved communities who are compelled to cut-off from the external world. To release the stress of these children, Shloka and her friends who are a part of volunteer group of Child Rights and You (CRY) decided to make small videos re...

In this episode, we are going to hear the music of Bastar, which is based on the sounds of the jungle. Bastar is one of the biggest tribal belts of India famous for its greenery, ancient culture and also infamous for Naxal problems.  The band named after its region Bastar preserves hundreds of years of old music traditions of tribal people. The band is also promoting peace in the Naxal affect...

The outbreak of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Bihar this year, which claimed the lives of more than 180 children, portrays the bad healthcare and infrastructure of Bihar government. A few months after the outbreak, a group of journalists and social workers came up with a survey, showing the real cause behind this outbreak. The survey released on November 13 at Muzaffarpur says that 96.5 per...

Madhya Pradesh is ranked amongst a few of the worst states of India in terms of nutrition and infant mortality rate. But there are some great initiatives taking place in small villages to overcome these issues that are worth sharing. Kotagunjapur, a village inside Panna Tiger Reserve has conquered malnutrition with kitchen gardens. The village that does not have access to roads and electricity has...

In light of discussions over NRC and ridding India of "outsiders", Ground Tales spoke to a senior citizen Sunil Sarkar who came to India as a refugee in 1964, after the riots in Pakistan and was welcomed with open arms India. Now a citizen of the country, he recounted his ordeal disclosing how the horrors of those days still haunt him and India, his new motherland gave him a new life.

Baiga, an indigenous tribe of India, hardly takes medicines for common ailments as their day to day food itself has more healing properties than modern medicines, without the side effects. They eat a number of green leafy vegetables available in the jungles, but unknown to the urban folks. The herbs, coarse grains and local vegetables provide complete nutrition to the body and heal the ill in no t...

Madhya Pradesh is home to many tribal communities and here in the deep forests of the state, age old music is still alive and being practised by a large population. We are bringing to you the soulful music of Gond community that was presented by the tribal artists of Dindori. The songs were recorded at Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum.

Anant Mandi, a unique marketplace for organic farmers and lovers of organic food, founded by youth and farming enthusiasts of Bhopal.  The Anant Mandi aims to promote the practice of ecological farming, healthy and local food and sustainable living in urban lifestyle and to bride the gap between farmers and consumers. Farmers from various districts like Hoshangabad, Dewas, Sehore, Vidisha, an...

Thousands of families suffering from floods in Madhya Pradesh as Gujarat Government refuses to open the gates of Sardar Sarovar Dam. The dam has reached its peak and due to the backwater, a large part of Madhya Pradesh has been drowned. The affected people are not ready to leave their homes as they allege that the government has not provided them proper rehabilitation and compensation. They are li...

Listen to our latest podcast about Baiga tribe of Madhya Pradesh. The podcast explores the friendship of baiga with tigers and their unique farming patterns.

 Listen to our latest podcast about Baiga tribe of Madhya Pradesh. The podcast explores the friendship of baiga with tigers and their unique farming patterns.

 In today's episode we will talk about tribal music which is born in jungle and will also introduce you from a Band which works in extremely adverse condition of Bastar, a naxal affected region of India...Hold on...I'll not only talk about music but there is so many exclusive music peace of tribals those I have recorded for you.